Aoife O'DonovanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, California, USABiol Psychiatry 70:465-71. 2011

Changes in stress, eating, and metabolic factors are related to changes in telomerase activity in a randomized mindfulness intervention pilot study

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Analyses and comparisons of telomerase activity and telomere length in human T and B cells: insights for epidemiology of telomere maintenance

Jue LinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United StatesJ Immunol Methods 352:71-80. 2010

..55, r<0.001), indicating possible common mechanisms for telomerase activity regulation in these two cell subtypes. These data will facilitate the understanding of leukocyte aging and its relationship to human health...

Aoife O'DonovanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, California, USABiol Psychiatry 70:465-71. 2011

..We also examined childhood trauma, a risk factor for both PTSD and short LTL, as a potential contributor to short LTL in PTSD...

Changes in stress, eating, and metabolic factors are related to changes in telomerase activity in a randomized mindfulness intervention pilot study

..The objective of the present study was to determine how early in life this effect of stress on LTL is apparent by quantifying the association of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy with newborn telomere length...

..The results suggest that the endogenous estrogens may be associated with deceleration of cellular aging. This is the first study to examine associations between endogenous estrogens, telomere length and telomerase activity...

Association between kidney function and telomere length: the heart and soul study

..Telomere attrition is a novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Studies of telomere length in relation to kidney function are limited. We explored the association of kidney function with telomere length and telomere shortening...

Telomere shortening in formerly abused and never abused women

Janice HumphreysDepartment of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USABiol Res Nurs 14:115-23. 2012

..Increased dietary intake of marine omega-3 fatty acids is associated with prolonged survival in patients with coronary heart disease. However, the mechanisms underlying this protective effect are poorly understood...

The power of exercise: buffering the effect of chronic stress on telomere length

Eli PutermanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USAPLoS ONE 5:e10837. 2010

..We predicted that chronic stress would be related to short telomere length (TL) in sedentary individuals, whereas in those who exercise, stress would not have measurable effects on telomere shortening...